Whats everyones feelings on the future?
As the title suggests, whats everyones gut feeling on the future advancements of MS?
Are you optimistic or unsure?
The world of MS recently discussed.
Fasting, along with 2 known diabetes drugs.
Some proteins that can aid recover and maybe half progression.
I think, a cashew molecule was looking promising recently.
Ursolic acid.
And there are plenty more avenues.
I'd probably out myself in the category of cautious and believe it when I see it and not holding my breathe lol.
Not holding my breath either @ralee BUT my money is on remyelination treatment. I mean, imagine everyone who has a permanent symptom having some measure of reversal - it would be like magic! A dream come true. So far, they've only managed it with mice, but maybe one day.....here's hoping! :-)
@vixen is right: remyelination is our best bet. The etiology of MS is wickedly complex and when it is finally understood I'm sure there will be Nobel prizes involved, but for treatment and even partial recovery in the next decade or two, clipping bits of the immune system doesn't look promising considering the lack of progress over the last 2 or 3 decades of pursuing that avenue... Compare the therapy available for diabetes (admittedly a radically different disease) there are millions of patients living comparatively normal lives by replacing the insulin the disease takes away, with still no pharmaceutic treatment of the disease process itself.